Will Smith
#2 · Center · San Jose Sharks
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18:13 |
| Last season | 69 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 166 | 18:11 |
Role
Where he fits on San Jose right now.
- Line
L1 with M. Marchment and I. Chernyshov · 11:27 a game together
- Power play
PP1
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 13 kills
- Ice time
18:13 a game, 3rd-most among San Jose forwards · 13:49 5-on-5 · 3:22 PP · 0:18 PK
- Competition
Tougher opponents than 61% of forwards · home easier than 57%, road 85%
About average among forwards
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Staying out of the box
0.39 penalties taken /60better than 92% of forwards
Setting up goals
0.72 first assists /60better than 91% of forwards
Shooting volume
13.4 shot attempts /60better than 78% of centers
Behind most at his position
Shot blocking
blocking score 440.72 blocks /60behind 99% of centersfewer than 99% of centers
Takeaways
takeaway score 610.63 takeaways /60behind 97% of forwardsfewer than 85% of forwards
Preventing chances
+0.21 expected goals against /60behind 96% of forwards
Drawing penalties
0.50 penalties drawn /60behind 91% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.
Behind most at his position
Time in the offensive zone
35.5% of his timeless than 94% of forwards
Preventing chances
+0.12 expected goals against /60behind 85% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other forwards.
This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 69, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.04 expected goals /60average
−0.07 expected goals /60bottom 29%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.21 expected goals against /60bottom 4%
+0.12 expected goals against /60bottom 15%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
13.4 shot attempts /60top 22%
12.0 shot attempts /60top 37%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.77 expected goals /60top 32%
0.69 expected goals /60average
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 11%
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 42%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.72 first assists /60top 9%
0.54 first assists /60average
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.82 expected goals /60average
1.91 expected goals /60top 26%
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.96 expected goals for /60too few games
0.95 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 36bottom 26%0.86 hits /60bottom 6%
hitting score 51bottom 37%2.47 hits /60bottom 32%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 44bottom 1%0.72 blocks /60bottom 1%
blocking score 90average1.65 blocks /60bottom 14%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 61bottom 3%0.63 takeaways /60bottom 15%
takeaway score 86bottom 32%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.50 penalties drawn /60bottom 9%
0.70 penalties drawn /60bottom 36%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.39 penalties taken /60top 8%
0.59 penalties taken /60top 37%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
43.6% wontoo few games
49.1% wontoo few games
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.
Shots
Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.
252 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 4 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
12 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
80 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
6 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.
Skating and shot
Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).
- Top speedSlowerBurner
22.1 mphbottom 26%
21.9 mphtop 27%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
4.6 bursts /60bottom 42%
5.8 bursts /60top 43%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
90.3 mphtop 19%
78.1 mphaverage
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.45 miles /60bottom 26%
9.61 miles /60bottom 44%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
40.0% of his timebottom 25%
35.5% of his timebottom 6%
Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.